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His parents were pleased they went to all the partieshe was groomed for greatness from the time he was youngraised on a diet of televisionhe was taught to listen, kept dumband he welcomed desire and reckless luxuryand the world soaked up every drop of drama and insecuritythey dressed him up in rich man's clothesand told him he was beautifulthen they expected miraclesand then one day his admirers just quit himthey packed up their paint and were goneand he stood alone,their beautiful disaster,wondering were he'd gone wrongand he wanted the smiles and he wanted the applausebut no one would look him in the eye now,no one returned his callsthey dressed him up in rich man's clothesand told him he was beautifulthen they expected miracles |
